A mass-add mode would be possible, so would loading them on the pc and pushing them to the phone. But loading them from the pc would require some sort of authentication so the server would know which pre that accesses it to push the friends to.

While I think its a good idea. The main problem it would have, is that the easier it is for people to add massive lists of friends to the app, the slower the server becomes. And the longer it takes for everyone to get status on their friends (and more server timeouts while the app is waiting.)

I would love to implement such features, but with the server I have now, it's not really feasible for everyone to have 100 friends in the app.

Ah, okay, that makes a lot of sense. I'll probably pare down the list I use on my Pre then to not put too much of a server load.

I was wondering, there is an app for windows out there called xblist and a similar one for the Mac. Also, another one in development for Linux. All of them allow you to log in with your Live ID and it logs you in and pulls your friends list. What are the limitations with WebOS that is keeping you from doing this? Thanks.

I was wondering, there is an app for windows out there called xblist and a similar one for the Mac. Also, another one in development for Linux. All of them allow you to log in with your Live ID and it logs you in and pulls your friends list. What are the limitations with WebOS that is keeping you from doing this? Thanks.

Great app, by the way!

hmm, have you used it?

i just downloaded it and installed it.

you dont log onto xbox with the app, you have to log onto xbox in your web browser and then it will show your friends list.

i guess its possible to do the same on the pre, log onto xbox using the browser, something i did b4 this app, and then have the app do its thing.

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It's not a limitation of WebOS thats stoping me (not that I tried to get my app to do this or anything.) The problem is that then the app would be screen scraping for its information. Something Microsoft has asked XCDP developers not to do.

I started an app for the PSN but need more info... I am new to app development. I installed it on the phone i can login fine but needs to arrange the friend list in order... oil, can u help me to get this done.

doesnt this app drain the battery life since it is constantly updating every five minutes?

I haven't seen any major hit to battery life. Though I don't usually leave it open after checking who's online. But I do plan on making its updating a bit more intelligent in the next release.

Originally Posted by survivalsounds

How abou the ability to assign a target contact in your PRE contacts list...

This way you could SMS that person quickly from the xboxlive app...

I don't know. I'll think about it. Though I would guess that 90%+ of peoples xbl friends aren't local friends (aka, you wouldn't have their number.) So I'm not sure how much a feature like this would actually be used.